TMDb Rating
6.1/10
24 verified votes
Porgy and Bess (1959)
MusicDramaRomance
138 min
"Introducing a new era in motion pictures!"
Plot Summary
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
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Keywords to include
MusicDramaRomanceOtto PremingerSidney PoitierDorothy Dandridge1959
Director
Otto Preminger
Top Cast
Sidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.Pearl BaileyBrock Peters
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